Innocent Maela of Orlando Pirates and Tebogo Potsane of Bloemfontein Celtic during the Absa Premiership 2018/19 game between Bloemfontein Celtic and Orlando Pirates. (Frikkie Kapp/BackpagePix)
A video of the footballer wearing the SANDF uniform was shared on social media on Friday when the national lockdown started.
Rumours of the player being arrested for impersonating a soldier started doing the rounds over the weekend but Celtic Media offer Sello Nduna confirmed the player was never in police custody.
Nduna said the club received a call from the SANDF to discuss the player wearing his friend’s uniform.
“He was not arrested and never had to pay a fine of R10,000. He is at home as we speak. We meet and he was given a warning,” Nduna told Lesedi FM.
“Tebogo Potsane apologised to the nation for what he did and he was told to never again be caught impersonating a soldier or police officer.
“I believe he has learned from this, Tebogo is a good boy and the video was meant as a joke there was no malicious intent on his side. The uniform belongs to his friend and the video was really meant as a joke.”
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